Okayama 2020

General

• In Japan, the People, the Riding, and the Roads Are Poetry - Bicycling

TBD:

• establish travel dates
• GregSmith: I’m flying in to KIX arriving on 4/22, departing 5/1. Plan is take the Shinkansen from KIX to Okayama.
• arrange airfare
• better flights out of Seattle than Chicago. 
• arrange lodgings before / after ride
• GregSmith : The hotel is Okayama Hostel Igusa
• Eric: Reserved room before ride (but not night before), nothing after ride: Okayama Hostel Igusa. Must arrive before 8 PM. Remainder is TBD
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• plan for before / after ride
• transport from airport - GoogleMaps
• View directions from Kansai International Airport to 615 Maegata in Google Maps.

  VIEW IN GOOGLE MAPS

• transport from airport - GoogleMaps
• View directions from Kansai International Airport to Vessel Hotel Kurashiki in Google Maps.

  VIEW IN GOOGLE MAPS

• car rental?
• KD, SD, EAP?

Lodgings - link

Travel

• Seattle, WA, United States (SEA) to Osaka, Japan (KIX) - link
• Osaka, Japan (KIX) to Okayama, Japan - link

Info from Eric Larsen and Susumu :

<Okayama 1200 Shiny Spring>

  Date : Apr 25, 2020

  URL : https://audax-okayama.com/rm1200/1200km2020/rm1200e2020/

  Organizing club : Audax Randonneurs Okayama

  Rider capacity : 150 (120 for Japanese and 30 for foreigner)

  Contact : jp1200@audax-okayama.com

  Registration : open (until Feb 1, 2020)

Website: https://audax-okayama.com/rm1200/1200km2020/rm1200e2020/

First night (Greg Smith email): 220 miles into ride

• Your Confirmed Booking at Kurayoshi City Hotel 
•   22
• 682-0023 Tottori
• Kurayoshi
• Yamane 543-7
• Japan
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• +81 858 26 6111Email property
• CONFIRMATION NUMBER: 2490232452
• PIN code: 7004
• Check-in
• Saturday, April 25, 2020
• 3:00 PM - 12:00 AM
• Check-out
• Sunday, April 26, 2020
• until 10:00 AM
• Get a better room
• Price
• 1 night, 1 room
• $64
• ¥6,950

Hotel for second and third overnight: 472 and 648 miles

• Natural Spa Onomichi Fureai no Sato, Onomichi
• Apr 26, 2020 - Apr 29, 2020
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• Hotel overview
• Natural Spa Onomichi Fureai no Sato
• 1369 Takao, Mitsugi-cho, Onomichi-shi, Onomichi, Hiroshima (prefecture), 722-0353 Japan
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• Reservation dates
• Apr 26, 2020 - Apr 29, 2020
• Itinerary #
• 7500686606938
• Confirmation
• 8FAFC5E7